Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30

JONES.
in his hurry To catch this yer,
train that we have both returne,
10 Boston in, and YOU" pattins
Tad pleasantly on the shoulder, "ar
the honest boy that saw pick it
and run after the owner to return
TO him. Dut how happens it that yo'
have not found Mr. Richards - M.
friends Rame-yOu must have com,
Oh with us, aud so''-
Here Mr. Jones stopped abruptly.
and began staring very hard at tn,
few remaining passengers who wer,
cunning the gauntlet of throng of
penned-up hackmen, vociferating il
different keys.
"Why. confound itr' he exclaimed.
"here I've been standing talking, an
let Richards march off uptown with
his head so full of business that he's
forgotten I'm anywhere in exlstencer
Bat its all right''-he went on, thrust
ing his hand into an inside pocket as
he spoke-''for when Richards telc-
graphed back from Jersey City to the
Broad Street station, be offered ten
dollars for the return of the papers.
So, if give you the money and take
the bag, it'll he just the same, besides
saving you long walk uptown, eh?'
But Tad cheerfully replied that he
didn't mind the walk, particularly as
he wanted to see what the town was
like. "Boston's quite little place,
after all" he patronizingly remarked,
with glance at the busy streets.
Mr.. Jones warmly commended Tad's
resolution, as well as the slight touch
of caution which it implied.
II see that you've cut your eye
teeth. my boy" he said, with an APP
proving smile, "and it's always well to
be on ones guard, while there is so
much dishonesty in the world. On the
WHOLE" continued Mr.. Jones, after an
instant's reflection, "your plan is best,
so suppose we have breakfast together
at a restaurant first Of all, and then Ill
take you up to the Office where Rich
ards is"
IAN right" returned Tad, briefly,
with more particular reference to the
certaintics Of something to eat, what
ever other uncertainties might be in
store for him. And, secretly. Tad felt
quite able to take care of himself,
even though every thing was not all
right-which he had no particularly
well-dcfined reasons for doubling.
As they walked along together
through the busy thoroughfarcs Mr..
Jones chatted agreeably of the men and
things encountered ON the way. He
hoped Tad would not get cold through
the sudden change Of climate, rs the raw
easterly wind swept sharply round the
corners of the irregular streets, and he
even cff;rcd to carry the sachelf for him,
so that Tad might keep his hands warm
by putting them in his pockets. But
Tad replied: Oh, no-he didn't mind
the wind; nc guessed he could stand it
as well as other fellows could that went
round the Hub"
MIR. Jones, with his perpetual smile,
said something about n ''capital pun,"
and led the way into large eating
house, where, at the lunch-cOunter,
Tad speedily began discussing break
fast which was proportional to his ap-
petite-thanks to Mr.. Jones, who him
self seemed to do ample justice to the
coffee, cakes, beefsteak and fried pota-
toes which he had ordered for both.
But, hungry though he was, Tad did
not forget to occasionally glance from
the corner of his eye at the little sachel
on the counter, near his plate. He had
fully decided not to let it go out of his
keeping for one moment, until il was
returned to the proper owner.
Curiously enough, Mr.. Jones, who
sat next him, occasionally glanced in
the same direction from the corner OF
his eye. Though, after all, this was
not so surprising on the part of the
partner Of Richards. the absent-mind-
eel. He was probably thinking of the
law-papcrs contained IN the sachel.
All ut once. Tad, with his mouth full
of buttered roll, looked up, uttered an
exclamation, and, slipping from his
stool, hurried toward the door,
through which Mr.. JOnes-who had
thrown down his checks. together with
silver dollar, rs he went by the cash
ier's dcsk-was passing. His head was
bent as If in deep thought, and in his
hand was the alligator-skin sachel.